Khmer, Central
Fact corner
- Language: Khmer, Central
- Alternate names:: Cambodian, Khmer
- SIL-code: Ethnologue:khm
- Language family: Austro-Asiatic, Mon-Khmer, Eastern Mon-Khmer, Khmer
- Number of speakers: 12,900,000
- Script:
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Introduction
Khmer, Central is a language of Cambodia. It is spoken in Widespread. Also in Canada, China, France, Laos, United States, Viet Nam. .
Dialects
Battambang Khmer, Cardamom Khmer, Khmer Kandal (Central), Khmer Keh (Stung Treng), Khmer Krom (Southern). Distinct from Northern Khmer (See: Khmer, Northern?) of Thailand.
The Khmer, Central Verb
Sample Verbs
to bite | cək |
to blow | pʰat, plom |
to breathe | dɑɑk dɑŋhaəm |
to burn | cʰeh |
to buy | tɨɲ |
to chew | tumpie |
to choose | rəəh |
to climb | laəŋ |
to come | mɔɔk |
to cook | cʔən |
to count | roap |
to cry | yum |
to cut, hack | kap |
to die, be dead | taay |
to dig | ciik |
to dream | sɑp, yʊəlsɑp |
to drink | pʰək |
to eat | sii |
to fall | duəl |
to fear | kraeŋ |
to flow | hoo |
to fly | haǝ |
to grow | doh |
to hear | lɨɨ |
to hide | puən |
to hit | viey |
to hold | kan |
to hunt | baɲ sat |
to kill | sɑmlap |
to know, be knowledgeable | ceh |
to laugh | saǝc |
to lie down | deɛk |
to live, be alive | rʊəh |
to open, uncover | baək |
to plant | dam |
to pound, beat | bok, dɑm |
to say | tʰaa |
to scratch | keh |
to see | kʰəəɲ |
to sew | dee |
to shoot | baɲ |
to sit | ʔɑŋkuy |
to sleep | deɛk |
to sniff, smell | hət |
to spit | sdɑh |
to split | puh |
to squeeze | crɑbac, rɨt |
to stab, pierce | cak |
to stand | cʰɔɔ |
to steal | luǝc |
to suck | cʊəɲcoap |
to swell | haəm, paoŋ |
to swim | hael |
to think | kɨt |
to throw | caol, kup |
to tie up, fasten | cɑɑŋ |
to turn | bɑt |
to walk | daə |
to vomit | kʔuət |
to work | tvəə |
to yawn | sŋaap |